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News
Premier Peter Malinauskas says it will take years to put an end to ambulance ramping following another patient death, while conceding the former Labor government’s decision to sell forest harvest rights in the state’s south east was “wrong”.
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Politics
Two key ex-Liberal independents that could hold the balance of power after Saturday’s election have hit out at their former party, sounding an ominous warning to the Premier ahead of any potential negotiations in the event of a hung parliament.
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Ex-Liberal independent MP Troy Bell has questioned the timing of new deception charges laid against him, suggesting they are an “attack on my reputation and character” as he faces the prospect of fighting concurrent criminal cases in the new year.
New “speed-bump” rules for SA arrivals and a “wait-and-see” approach on border closures are driving a spate of cancellations that are crippling tourism operations in regional SA, with a Government MP demanding the Premier commits to keeping borders open for Christmas.
Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell says the Marshall Government’s $700,000 bid to revamp Adelaide’s nightlife would be better spent in the state’s South East, where businesses are suffering from renewed COVID restrictions and ongoing border uncertainty.
SA Health will be forced to fast-track travel exemption requests under new laws before parliament, after a Liberal backbencher last night voted against the Marshall Government’s bid to extend the state’s emergency COVID powers into next year.
South Australian moderate faction heavyweight Christopher Pyne has raised eyebrows by reaching out to three Liberal party-room exiles, but he insists party business was off the menu.
